Growing up around a building materials business, Andrew Pennington of Richmond said he often wondered what happened to surplus or salvage building materials after contractors finished a job. “I realized that many of these unused or overstocked building materials were simply sitting around on job sites or wasting away in warehouses,” Pennington, a student at [...]
The next stop on my road trip through Eastern Kentucky–Clay County! On a recent, lovely Spring day, I hopped in my car to visit with elected officials in Manchester, Kentucky. The trip was a delightful one, and I very much enjoyed speaking with Mayor Saylor and County Judge-Executive Asher. The Justice Center, alone, speaks very [...]
School systems in Pulaski, Monroe, and Clay counties have been awarded grant funding from Forward in the Fifth and The Center for Rural Development to advance educational attainment in the region. Each system will receive $1,500 in “seed money” to address a relevant educational issue in their county and be established as a member of [...]
The 2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program, celebrating a decade of distinction in honoring those who exemplify America’s spirit of entrepreneurship, is seeking nominations from across Southern and Eastern Kentucky for the region’s top business leaders and entrepreneurs. Now in its 10th program year, EIEA strives to promote excellence in entrepreneurship by recognizing the [...]
A statewide initiative to gather photos of every Kentuckian whose name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will kick off at a May 9 breakfast at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Ky., announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), which is partnering with the state in [...]
Local governments in Southern and Eastern Kentucky are eligible to apply for the latest cycle of Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) federally funded mini-grants awarded by The Center for Rural Development to advance strategic planning. As part of its Developing and Implementing Community Strategies Program, The Center will accept grant applications from city and county governments [...]
Several weeks ago, art teacher Darlene Libbey began working with six young students to produce artwork for an upcoming exhibit at The Center for Rural Development. During that time, Libbey—an assistant professor of arts at Somerset Community College—helped guide the students as they explored various artistic mediums, including collage-making and acrylic painting. The student artists [...]
On April 14, the theatre at The Center for Rural Development will transform into Mark Twain’s living room, and the audience his special guests at a one-man theatrical performance of Ron Jewell’s “Mark Twain at Large.” Jewell, who has been playing the iconic character for 35 years on stages all across United States, will once [...]
The Center for Rural Development is once again partnering with Conley Bottom Resort Marina to offer a “Houseboat Holiday” vacation on Lake Cumberland as the grand prize in a regional fundraising campaign to support The Center’s three summer youth leadership programs. Tickets go on sale this week for a chance to win a houseboat [...]
The Center for Rural Development has named retired Cheney, Wash. police lieutenant Dave Mather as executive director of National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Regional Center (SRTB-RC). “Dave brings to the program an understanding of the challenges small law enforcement agencies face in trying to obtain and manage [...]
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